Sometimes, the best solution is the simplest one. To help prevent the accidental removal of patient tubes and lines, a simple, three-step process, Pause-Clear-Go, has proven so successful that it is being rolled out across the medical center.

Robotics in medicine is the subject of this year's Dr. Leon Morgenstern Great Debates in Clinical Medicine Resident Competition. Kicking off the first Cedars-Sinai Founders Day, the debate will convene for its 11th year on Friday, June 6, at 8 a.m. in Harvey Morse Auditorium.

Cedars-Sinai will continue preparing to switch to ICD-10, although the U.S. government has delayed implementation of the coding system for a year. A federal law that took effect April 1 pushes the compliance date for ICD-10 to Oct. 1, 2015. The deadline had been Oct. 1 of this year.

Speaking at the Craig A. Lipkin, MD, Resident Research Symposium at Cedars-Sinai were Michael Choi, MD, Heidi Reich, MD, and Ryan Spurrier, MD. The symposium took place May 28 in ECC B-C. Click the "Read more" to see summaries of the residents' current and recent research.

Cedars-Sinai will implement new patient and visitor parking rates effective May 1. In keeping with prevailing parking rates in this area, Cedars-Sinai will no longer provide free parking, and the daily cost of validated self-parking will be increased from $4 to a maximum of $5.

As a Level I trauma hospital, Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing the highest level of care for injured patients. To help prevent injuries, the medical center's Trauma Program has taken to social media. The program has begun posting messages about the issue on the Cedars-Sinai Facebook page.

Andrew S. Klein MD, MBA, is being honored for a lifetime of achievement in the field of liver transplantation by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Liver Foundation, and Matthew Singer, MD, has been named a winner of the Excellence in Teaching with Humanism Residents and Fellows Award from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

The Circle of Friends program honored 180 people in April. Circle of Friends allows grateful patients to make a donation in honor of the physicians, nurses, caregivers and others who have made a difference during their time at Cedars-Sinai.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that injection of corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine may result in rare but serious adverse events, including loss of vision, stroke, paralysis and death. In addition, the FDA has released a study comparing the risks of the blood thinners Pradaxa® and warfarin, and has said the insomnia drug Lunesta® can impair next-day alertness.